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Mailing Address Weaving Studio PO Box 73152 Room 219, Lathrop Building Fairbanks, Alaska, 99707 516 2
nd Avenue
Phone: 907-452-7737 Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
Website:www.fairbanksweavers.org email: [email protected]
Volume 40 Issue 4 JULY 2019
JULY GUILD MEETING: Wednesday, JULY 10th
Location: Georgeson Botanical Garden at the covered pavilion next to the Dye Garden. Snacks anytime after 5pm. Bring a potluck dish to share & $5.00 for the Garden use fee
General board meeting and Fair planning are on the agenda.
AUGUST GUILD MEETING: Wednesday, JULY 31 at 3pm Please note the date, this meeting is the set up the fair booth for the
Friday opening of the Fair on August 2. Please note the following fair changes for 2019:
2 Entry days: Noon to 6pm, Saturday, July 27 & noon to 3pm on Sunday July 28 JUDGING begins on Sunday at 3pm. Need lots of judges
Volunteer list for Free passes for BOOTH SITTERS & JUDGES must be in by July 19th
* All volunteers need to apply at: https://www.tvsfa.org/p/other/volunteer-background-check * Booth sitters are volunteers and get a pass for that day
* Judges are important volunteers and get two passes to use during the fair Early Entry is open! On https://www.tvsfa.org/ , click the ‘Competitive Exhibits Online’ button under the scrolling header.
A link is also provided in the ‘Fair’ dropdown menu, under Exhibitors. Early Entry runs from 7/1 to 7/26 at midnight.
ivolunteer is up and running: https://fwsg.ivolunteer.com/
START your FAIR ENTRY NOW Theme: Love is a Cattle Field
Flower: Morning Glory Fruit or Vegetable: Tomato
Fair Colors: Blue, Yellow, Green Check out Division 10
Classes & Lots on the website: or see attached PDF
╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬╬ TOWEL EXCHANGE CHALLENGE
It is Not to late to WARP UP & WEAVE A
TOWEL for the Towel challenge. Several weavers have signed up for the exchange. You can still sign up, make
a warp & weave a towel in exchange for a towel. Sign up
at the meeting or call 452-7737.
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To JASMINE J, KENNEDY for a wonderful professional weaver
presentation & her website sales development in March. To SHERRILL PETERSON & HELEN HOWARD for the food runners for the Youth Program. To ROB CERMAK
for setting up ivolunteer. To MAUREEN ENGLISH for knitting Raffle smoke ring & KATE WATTUM for the
qiviut yarn donation. THANK YOU THANK YOU ******************* Attention!!! RIGID HEDDLE WEAVERS
A two day Rigid Heddle Inspirational workshop by Bonnie Brooks on all the techniques you can do on a rigid heddle is still pending and will be scheduled for this fall. Watch for the date. Bonnie has woven a wonderful sampler with all the techniques & weaving structures possible on a rigid heddle with a variety of lace patterns, inlay, supplementary warps & wefts, tapestry, saori weaving, waffle weave and many more techniques. If interested, call Weaving Studio - 452-7737.
Living History Encampment July 5th through 14th at
7 mile Chena Hot Springs Road 1002 Smallwood Road @ Happy Trails Farm
We will be recreating the time period of revolutionary war thru the 1840s (just prior to the civil war). We will be camping
in canvas tents, wearing period correct clothing, shooting black powder muzzleloaders, and sharing our knowledge of the crafts done during this time period. They are looking for anyone interested in doing a natural dye demonstration or
willing to help set up to show Jennifer. Jennifer’s suggestion for a time would be around 2:00pm on Friday July 13
th and or
2:00pm on Saturday July 14th, which is the last day of the
encampment. Anyone interested in demonstrating
dyeing/weaving should contact Jennifer at (907)590-4780 or email her: [email protected]
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Calypso's Open House Sunday, July 14th
Noon - 4 pm.
We are inviting spinners to come up and demonstrate spinning
during the event. You'd be welcome to sit & demonstrate spinning. We will also have some activities set up for you to do with kids if you'd like to. I've got spinning wheels and wool
for you to spin. You are also more than welcome to bring your own wheel if you'd like! You can come for part or all of
the time. Let me know if you can make it and anyone is welcome! Susan Willsrud Calypso Farm Director
Calypso Farm and Ecology Center PO Box 106 Ester, AK 99725 (907) 451-0691
www.calypsofarm.org **************************************
FAIRBANKS FIBER FESTIVAL
October 12 & 13th, 2019 VENDORS: Early Bird Special has come and gone. Next deadline to
receive a discount off Booth Fee if you Give an Educational Demo! And Pay
by August 21st to get $20 off booth/table fee if demo is accepted. Refund will be made at check-in first day of
festival if we schedule you for a demo. Any questions:
Contact Becky Hammond at 907 699 7121 or email:
[email protected] Attention: Becky Festival Application forms can be found on our
website: www.fairbanksweavers.org
check out the Festival info on Facebook or the
Folk school or Calypso farm websites.
DUES are still DUE for some $20 for 6-8 newsletters, flyers & fair info,
opportunities to enter & to sell, workshops & late breaking news on fiber & textile activities.
Membership forms are on the website: http://www.fairbanksweavers.org/Membershipform.pdf
Your yearly dues are important to the guild THANK YOU to all who have already renewed.
FAIRBANKS ARTS ASSOCIATION
SUMMER OPPORTUNITY TO SELL
Monday Market in Pioneer Park! MONDAY MARKETS with the Fairbanks Arts Asso.
No consignment fee 12pm to 6pm
Contact 456-6485 Fairbanks Arts Member (vendor provides own tent): $25
Fairbanks Arts Members (tent rental): $35 Non Fairbanks Arts Members (vendor provides own tent): $30
Non Fairbanks Arts Members (tent rental): $40
Call 456-6485 or email: [email protected]
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ART CALENDAR CONTEST for the DENALI State BANK
Conditions and how to Enter the Contest: - Entrant must be a resident of the State of Alaska.
- Calendar image must be of the entrant's original creation (i.e. entrant must have ownership of the image and rights, etc.).
- Calendar image can be artwork or photograph. - Calendar image must be Fairbanks or Alaskan theme. - Calendar image must fit a dimensional area of 24W x
12.5H.
- For further details and/or to officially enter the contest, please complete the Contest Entry Agreement (below).
Agreement must accompany your image and both should be emailed to: [email protected]. Submission deadline is July 31, 2019 at 5pm.
Questions? Please email [email protected] or call 907.458.4279
LOOMS FOR SALE 40” Macomber Add-a-harness loom
4 harnesses but can be expanded to 10
Also Includes: Matching bench
One extra reed, Multiple boat shuttles,
rug & other shuttles, other accessories
LeClerc table sized warping reel
New cost would be $3600+shipping
Asking $2000 Call, text 907-378-6805 or
email: [email protected]
RECENT DONATIONS TO THE GUILD
A number of Rigid Heddle looms in various sizes
Small Oola 18” Tapestry frames for mug rugs or potholders.
Also a number of small 20 inch, Schacht 3-4 yard warping boards
Call the Weaving Studio 452-7737 for prices.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ AVL MODULAR LOOM FOR SALE
$2000 or Best Offer 8 shafts but can expand to 16
Manual with reeds, shuttles & prins Call Alice 479-3425
